Faculty & Staff

Faculty members are conducting their office hours virtually for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester. Please contact them directly if you’d like to set up an appointment.

Sarah Judson, Ph. D.

• WGSS Interim Program Director, Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies
• sjudson@unca.edu
• 828-251-6297
• 218 Whitesides Hall

Katherine C. Zubko, Ph.D.

• Interim Director of Humanities, NEH Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
• kzubko@unca.edu
• 828-350-4560
• 139 Zageir Hall

Melissa Burchard, Ph.D.

• Chair & Professor of Philosophy
• mburchar@unca.edu
• 828-232-2990
• 236 Whitesides Hall

Marcia Ghidina, Ph.D.

• Chair & Professor of Anthropology & Sociology
• ghidina@unca.edu
• 828-251-6975
• 206 Zageir Hall

Lori Horvitz, Ph.D.

• Professor of English & Chair
• lhorvitz@unca.edu
• 828-251-6590
• 205 Karpen Hall

Pamela Laughon, Ph.D.

• Chair & Associate Professor of Psychology
• laughon@unca.edu
• 828-251-6422
• 255 Ramsey Library

Mary Lynn Manns, Ph.D.

• Acting Chair & Professor of Management
• manns@unca.edu
• 828-251-6858
• 217 Ramsey Library

Tracey Rizzo, Ph.D.

• Chair & Professor of History
• trizzo@unca.edu
• 828-251-6315
• 204 Whitesides Hall

Caitlin Manely

• Administrative Support Associate
• cmanely@unca.edu
• 828-251-6634
• 208 Zageir Hall

Susan Clark, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor of Management
• smuntean@unca.edu
• 828-232-5053
• 220 Ramsey Library

Melissa Himelein, Ph.D.

• Interim Dean of Social Sciences, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, and Professor of Psychology
• himelein@unca.edu
• 828-250-3896
• 052A Ramsey Library

Laura Jones, Ph.D., M.S., N.C.C.

• Assistant Professor of Health & Wellness
• ljones3@unca.edu
• 828-251-6123
• 457 Sherrill Center

Sonia Kapur, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor of International Studies
• skapur@unca.edu
• 828-250-3943
• 246C Rhoades Robinson Hall

Heidi Kelley, Ph.D.

• Professor of Anthropology
• hkelley@unca.edu
• 828-251-6980
• 225 Zageir Hall

Amy Joy Lanou, Ph.D.

• Professor of Health & Wellness; Executive Director of NCCHW
• alanou@unca.edu
• 828-250-2317
• 459 Sherrill Center

Erica Abrams Locklear, Ph.D.

• Professor of English
• elocklea@unca.edu
• 828-251-6592
• 217 Karpen Hall

Keya Maitra, Ph.D.

• Professor of Philosophy, Thomas Howerton Distinguished Professor of Humanities
• kmaitra@unca.edu
• 828-251-6365
• 239 Whitesides Hall

Shawn N. Mendez, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor of Sociology
• smendez@unca.edu
• 828-251-6979
• 219 Zageir Hall

Sophie Mills, Ph.D.

• Professor of Classics
• smills@unca.edu
• 828-251-6296
• 122 Whitesides Hall

Susan Ortiz, Ph.D.

• Lecturer of Sociology
• sortiz@unca.edu
• 828-251-6978
• 218 Zageir Hall

Anne Slatton, M.F.A.

• Senior Lecturer of Mass Communication
• aslatton@unca.edu
• 828-232-2422
• 306A Karpen Hall

Amanda Wray, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor of English
• awray1@unca.edu
• 828-251-6412
• 213 Karpen Hall